Steps to Prepare Quick Pempek or Mpek-mpek

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pempek or mpek-mpek. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Pempek or Mpek-mpek is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Pempek or Mpek-mpek is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook pempek or mpek-mpek using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pempek or Mpek-mpek:

1. Make ready For the Fish Cake :
2. Make ready 1 kg gram flesh of Spanish mackerels, grounded
3. Get 6 eggs yolks
4. Take 400 ml ice water
5. Take 4 tablespoon salt
6. Take 2 tablespoon white sugar
7. Take 2 teaspoon white pepper powder
8. Make ready 2 teaspoon garlic powder
9. Get 6 tablespoons vegetables oil
10. Get 1 kg - 1.5kg sago flour/ tapioka flour
11. Take For the Sauce (Cuko) :
12. Make ready 500 gram palm sugar
13. Prepare 4 tablespoons white sugar
14. Make ready 10 cloves garlic
15. Make ready 50 gram bird's eye chilli (optional)
16. Take 1 teaspoon salt
17. Get 3 tablespoon tamarind paste (deepen on how sour you like)
18. Get 500 ml water
19. Make ready Additional Ingredients :
20. Make ready Cucumber
21. Make ready Egg noodles, cooked
22. Make ready Grinded dried shrimp (optional)

Instructions to make Pempek or Mpek-mpek:

1. Grind all the ingredients to make fish cake, except sagoo/tapioca flour. Mix them well.
2. Then take 1 tablespoon of fish batter, add about 2-3 tablespoons of sagoo flour, mix and shape  pempek as you wish (usually long and round). Set aside and shape the rest of batter until finished.
3. Boil the water using saucepan, and cook the pempek, about 15 minutes. When they are coming up to the surface, mean it cooked. Set aside.
4. Deep fry the cooked pempek.
5. Make the sauce (cuko): boil the water with all the ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Then grind the sauce using food grinder or hand mixer,  filter.
6. Serving: place the pempek in plate (you can cut into small pieces), add the noodle and then pour with the soup. Garnish with the cucumber. Some people like to add ebi (grinded dried shrimp).

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